Interview with the Vampire Remake in the works

Interview with the Vampire Remake in the works

Coming down the remake tube is the 1994 vampire film Interview with the Vampire which starred Tom Cruise as Lestat de Lioncourt, Brad Pitt as his long suffering companion Louis de Pointe du Lac and Kirsten Dunst as their daughter Claudia (a character that was based on Rice's deceased daughter Michelle who died from cancer at the age of six). A script has been completed and the director of the movie Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) has expressed that he wishes/wants Jared Leto in the role of Lestat.

It was well known and published that when Anne Rice heard about Cruise being picked for the role of Lestat (a character based on her late husband Stan), she expressed her dislike but after seeing his performance, took out a full page ad and praised his performance. Anne Rice has stated via her Facebook page that she has no word on who they pick as Lestat this time around in what is expected to be a new franchise. Nothing more has been said of the movie since the May publication of the article.

Currently the next novel in the Vampire Chronicles is due toward the end of November this year, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, a direct sequel to Prince Lestat (2014) which in itself was a direct sequel to The Queen of the Damned novel.